Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36804) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f95n0-0004ET-Kv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:23:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f95mw-0005AA-N1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:23:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:23:20 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Message-ID: <20180419092320.GJ10259@redhat.com> Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= References: <20180418123838.3511-1-olaf@aepfle.de> <20180418144538.4aa2f492.cohuck@redhat.com> <20180418125545.GN27579@redhat.com> <87sh7rvf27.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <20180419093024.27c77433.olaf@aepfle.de> <20180419075958.GD10259@redhat.com> <20180419092017.olujzxzlwvjlt6en@sirius.home.kraxel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180419092017.olujzxzlwvjlt6en@sirius.home.kraxel.org> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1] configure: require glib-2.24 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: Peter Maydell , Olaf Hering , Markus Armbruster , Cornelia Huck , Fam Zheng , QEMU Trivial , Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , "open list:All patches CC here" , Paolo Bonzini On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:20:17AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > Well, it depends. You might be stuck with an old distro because > > some software you want to run depends on it, but also want to run > > newer versions of some programs like QEMU. If you're in that > > boat you can probably live with having to also compile a newer > > version of glib to go with your newer QEMU, though. > > Core libraries like glib might not be that easy, I've seen updating glib > breaking apps in the past. You would likely just have to build it all into /opt/qemu so it is isolated from whatever the distro included. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|